FFXIV completely sells out on digital storefront as new player base continues to skyrocket

[Gizmo_Duck]

Update- FFXIV is experiencing a 160-180% increase in Endwalker pre-orders compared to Shadowbingers; multi-million server upgrade investment planned

Come clique up! Before the servers get full

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I don’t actively play it as I’m scared of getting sucked backed into the time sink of MMORPG life but as a retired Final Fantasy XI player its wild to see the popularity of where the franchise is at today. We used to get laughed at by WoW players back in the day and they saw FF online as a joke.

Steam is only a small sample of FF14 players (you can play on PC outside Steam, and there is also console) but it has reached its highest concurrent player count today, this is bigger than the actual launch of Shadowbringers. 41k for ShB's launch vs 47k right now. This is insane especially considering Endwalker's launch is 5 months away, whereas this would have been the moment Endwalker would have released.

Some of it has been attributed by a lot of prominent wow streamers (apparently disgruntled with wow's current state) suddenly jumping into FF14. Some of it also has been attributed with the expanded free trial, memes and sales finally taking a hold of players seeking something new. Either way, it is really nice to see

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[DEAD7]

16 years later... congrats to them

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

I just purchased it off the strength of this thread.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I just purchased it off the strength of this thread.

I might jump in to check it out also I think it’s free up until level 60

 

[Detroit Wave]

Ffxiv been better. Wow been ever since cataclysm wotlk was the goat expansion and is the only one I play on private servers

 

[Kingshango]

The biggest WoW player on Twitch jumping ship FFXIV probably helped.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

The biggest WoW player on Twitch jumping ship FFXIV probably helped.

Yep, Asmongold trolling with FF14 making folks cop instantly. I used to be a addict to FF14 but I just fell out of the passion for it. It was truly a amazing experience of a MMO compared to WOW where it's just what it is.

Now there's going to be a civil war between the WOW toxic fukks and the pessimistic gatekeepers of FF14

It's going to get ugly brehs...

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Ffxiv been better. Wow been ever since cataclysm wotlk was the goat expansion and is the only one I play on private servers

I tried getting back earlier this year with Shadowlands but breh...the game became a mobile game from the timed activities to the overall presentation. Once I beat the main campaign, I was done

 

[Detroit Wave]

I tried getting back earlier this year with Shadowlands but breh...the game became a mobile game from the timed activities to the overall presentation. Once I beat the main campaign, I was done

It felt like a mobile game back in warlords of draenor with the base building that’s when I put wow down for good

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

i wanna see the ivalice shyt

 

[Serious Face]

Yeah, I think that with the influx of new players, especially from WoW, the player base will probably start to get ugly.

 

[Red Shield]

16 years later... congrats to them

I'm saying.. WoW is old as fukk. it's been fallin off for years now

 

[Carl Tethers]

Haven't been able to log in to my account on PS for years. Square Enix support been trash

 

[HiiiPower]

This was the only MMO I could really stick with, went from launch all the way to Stormblood and was played during console game dry spells,

I factor the FF lore, music, enemies & locations for enjoying it the way I did, if you like MMO’s & FF there’s literally no reason why you shouldn’t play it, it does a lot of things better than most mmo’s too, All classes on 1 character/easy switching..guaranteed quest item drops from enemies ect ect

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

i wanna see the ivalice shyt

That's what got me wanting to play this again. Soon as I saw they added Ivalice into this I was damn near sold right there.